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Read: John 21.1-25 The last chapter of John’s Gospel begins not in Jerusalem, but back on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, near the...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 29, 20212 min read
"My Lord and My God"
Read: John 20.1-31 When Mary Magdalene visited the tomb early on the following Sunday morning, she and her companions found the stone...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 28, 20212 min read
Taking the Sin of the World
Read: John 19.17-42 Again, today’s reading is difficult. Crucifixion was a brutal, torturous, and humiliating process of suffering and...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Only Jesus
Read: John 18.1-19.16 For those of us who are followers of Jesus, the events in today’s reading are familiar…and yet, as always,...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Jesus' Prayer
Read: John 17.1-26 In today’s reading Jesus prayed to His Father directly, apparently aloud and in the presence of the disciples. His...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 25, 20212 min read
"Do You Now Believe?"
Read John 16.1-33 A portrait of the ministry of the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Truth, the Counselor, the Advocate), the third person in...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 24, 20212 min read
The Going Will Get Tough
Read John 15.1-27 In “The Gospel of John: When Love Comes to Town,” Dr. Paul Louis Metzger writes the following about our reading for...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Peace
Read: John 14.1-31 Jesus’ disciples had good reason to be troubled. They had just learned that one of them would betray Jesus and that...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 22, 20212 min read
A Deliberate Act of Servanthood
Read: John 13.1-38 In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the focus of this final evening meal shared between Jesus and His...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Children of Light
Read: John 12.20-50 Today’s reading begins with a request from some Greeks who were worshipping at the festival. Apparently, John is...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 20, 20212 min read
The Future Within the Present
Read: John 12.1-19 As Jesus approaches Jerusalem for the final time in His ministry, John includes two episodes for us to consider in...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 19, 20212 min read
No Need for Grave Clothes
Read: John 11.1-57 “’Lord,’ Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother (Lazarus) would not have died. But I know that even...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 18, 20212 min read
The Good Shepherd
Read: John 10.1-42 Arguably the most famous self-description of Jesus is found in today’s reading, when Jesus says, “I am the good...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 17, 20212 min read
God's Opportunities
Read: John 9.1-41 Ray Stedman was an evangelical Christian pastor, and author. He was a long-time pastor of Peninsula Bible Church in...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 16, 20213 min read
Jesus Is
Read: John 8.12-59 The events in today’s reading should be read in the context of John 7. The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, a...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Shall We Dance?
Read: John 7.53 – 8.11 The text for today does not appear in the very earliest manuscripts of John’s Gospel and appears in different...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 14, 20212 min read
Drink Up!
Read: John 7.1-52 The division and defection that happened among the larger crowd that was following Jesus was occurring at the same...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Great Expectations
Read: John 6.1-71 John 6 is a critical pivot point in the Gospel. The crowds…and His disciples…have great expectations of Jesus; He is...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 12, 20212 min read
"Pick Up Your Mat and Walk"
Read: John 5.1-47 Back in Jerusalem for an unnamed festival and on a Sabbath (the Jewish day of weekly rest), Jesus encountered a man...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 11, 20212 min read
Long-Distance Dependence
Read John 4.43-54 John tells us in today’s reading of the “second sign” that Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. A royal official,...
Barry L. Taylor
Jul 10, 20211 min read
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